@Kiada PAUSES SKYRIM FOR AN IMMEDIATE REPLY


Truth be told, Ru'in hadn't noticed the scars that draped themselves over Kiada's body. Though they were obvious to him now, it had been so long since he had seen her (or at least it had felt that way to him), that nearly every part of her seemed foreign and demanded his attention. His mind was so divided and stretched thin across remembering every detail of her, that he'd completely overlooked the dark ribbon-like markings that stretched in harmonious stripes over her body. For a moment rage boiled within the boy, wondering who - or more likely what - had done that to her. And yet, however inappropriate, that rage was quickly replaced by jealousy. Someone else had been so close to her. Close enough to part her skin.

And he? Would he ever be allowed to get so close?

He had once...but that felt like a lifetime ago.

Following behind her like the obedient monster he was, Ru'in could feel his ears buzzing as he consciously tried to stifle thoughts of Romina. Ru'in was many things, but selfish was not one of them. He lived for his twin, but today ... today he wanted this for himself.

Ru'in's bi-coloured gaze eyed the small pile of bones that Kiada's companion had created. Kisamoa hadn't just wanted bones, he'd wanted them to clean up...and if he was right about that, then her companion really wasn't doing anything useful at all. But, because unlike Kiada he was not the smarter twin in his own paring, he kept his mouth shut. Besides, surely the creature's contribution wouldn't hurt their efforts. 

Her voice wafted towards him, and for a moment his large moose-like ears only flicked dumbly as his gaze rose instinctively towards her. He ... hmm. Ru'in paused. Romina never asked him questions like that. She always knew how he was, and there was no need to ask how the Basin was treating him, for she was often right there with him. That, and she wanted to leave the Basin, or at least that's what she had told him when last they spoke of it. Such personal questions were foreign to the mutated creature, and it took him a few seconds before he realized that he would need to formulate an answer. 

That was the downside of not having Romina around, he supposed. 

Ru'in's already quite-muscular and hairy shoulders (for his Frostfall coat had not yet entirely been rubbed away), rose and fell in a shrug. "Aye whaunted tuh be ah weehver in the Bahsun." He said, lips moving between his tusks in a slightly more practiced movement than previously. "Aye whas tohld aye whas too yhoung." He added, feeling self conscious as he willingly offered the information to her. Why had he done that? Ru'in wasn't the type to share, and while his statement might not have come across as overly emotional, for the boy, it was. Creating was one of the only things he was good at in this world, and to be disqualified merely because he hadn't seen the moon rise and fall as many times as some others had, struck him as entirely preposterous. 

"The Bahsun is..." is what? It wasn't interesting. It was cold, but he didn't particularly mind that. His Mother was a lead, so he supposed that was a reason to remain. But .. it held no real pull for him. Especially since he was apparently too young to contribute. Though he assumed that rule held elsewhere as well. The only real thing keeping him there was Romina, but for some reason, he didn't want to mention that.

Mentioning her might break ... well, whatever this was. And while Ru'in didn't actually know what this was, he was already sure that mention of his twin would end it. He didn't know how he knew that, but he did. 

"How hahve yew behn?" He rumbled, his voice deep and yet somehow still awkwardly childish.